Next Monday: Forum on the Transportation Levy to Move Seattle

In 2006, Seattle voters approved a nine-year $365 million transportation levy, known as Bridging the Gap, which will expire at the end of 2015. For the last eight years, this levy provided the Seattle Department of Transportation with nearly 25% of it’s funding with funds being used to address maintenance backlogs, improve transit service, rehabilitate bridges, and implement pedestrian safety projects throughout the city.

This November Seattle voters will vote on a new transportation levy that will replace Bridging the Gap. The replacement levy proposal, called “Move Seattle,” will fund an array of transportation projects throughout the city with the goals of reducing congestion, increasing safety, and improving aging infrastructure.

The $900 million Move Seattle levy would be paid for through a property tax that would cost the median Seattle household (approx. $450,000) about $275 per year for nine years.

The Greenwood Community Council Transportation Committee will host a meeting on Monday, October 5th at Works Progress to learn about the Move Seattle levy proposal. We will be hosting a panel of representatives from the Let’s Move Seattle campaign who will make a brief presentation of what is in the levy proposal and what projects are specifically planned for NorthSeattle. We will also reserve plenty of time for questions from the audience.

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We are working to make this Greenwood Community Council (GCC) website a go-to resource for anyone who wants to be active and involved in Greenwood. It's a site in transition, so please "pardon our dust!"

The Greenwood Community Council meets monthly on the third Tuesday of each month. Meetings are from 7:00 to 8:30 at the Greenwood Public Library.

We are also always looking for participants for our four active committees:

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The Greenwood Community Council provides a forum to engage residents and businesses, opportunities to meet city and business leaders who affect Greenwood, and a place to find vision and agreement on mutual interests to improve the neighborhood and make it safe and affordable for all.